Birthday Party StaffDepartment: Center Staff Employment Type: Part Time Location: North Suburban YMCA Compensation: $16.00 / hour Description Plan and Facilitate birthday parties for children 3 and up at the YMCA branch! Required Qualifications:
- Must like working with children and families in a variety of YMCA settings including the pool, gymnasium, and outdoor pool (seasonal).
- Must understand the importance of parent and child satisfaction with their party and commit to ensuring that during each and every party.
- Must be able to lift 15 lbs.
- Must possess excellent communication skills.
- Must be upbeat and energetic.
- Be available to work weekends.
- Detail orientated and high work ethic.
- Ability to manage own work with minimal supervision, after thorough training and instruction.
Key Responsibilities
- Find out ahead of time age/gender of birthday child, any activities requested (certain gym or sports games, parachute games, tag games, bounce house, etc.) Be prepared to lead games.
- Set up the party room by removing all toys, setting up tables and chairs, blowing up balloons, hanging banners and streamers
- Cheerfully greet guests as they arrive.
- Take party goers to activity area and lead whatever activity was chosen prior.
- Return to party room and help party goers as they participate in birthday activities (cake, presents, etc.)
- Clean up everything after the party, return tables and chairs to where they belong, return all toys to the party room.
- Always be there to help and always ask to help